Schizophrenic Sister

Chapter 4

KINLI'S POV

When I woke up I remembered that I had a morning practice today, so I put on my blue open back Leo and pulled my hair up, before going downstairs to walk to the gym, and when I got downstairs I was shocked to see ALL of my brothers friends. All my brothers, Harry's band, Selena, Miley, Demi, Taylor, Vanessa, Nick, Joe, Kevin, Rob, and Josh. All sitting in the kitchen. Then one of them saw me - Nick, I think it was.

"Who are you?" He asked me, and I took in a sharp breath and held in a scream, taking very deep breaths as I walked backward into a wall. 'Say something you idiot!' A voice said, and I whispered "I can't."

My brothers had followed Nicks gaze and tears started rolling down my cheeks as Zac and I locked eyes. I grabbed my hair and started to pull at it, and when the voice said to say something again, I said a bit more forcefully "I can't!"

Everyone was staring at me as Zac came over to me and I cried to him "I'm so sorry Zac I didn't mean to honest I'm so sorry." He picked me up and I wrapped my arms around his neck and cried, and he rubbed my back and said "Don't apologize, it's fine. Shh, your fine. I promise." Then a voice said "No it isn't, it isn't fine!" I cried even harder and said "I don't know who to believe."

"How about I put on Psych?" Zac whispered, and I whispered "Sure." Zac carried me to the living room, and he sat me down on top of him. "Justin?" I asked, turning around to see all of the people I had completely forgotten about.

"Oh my god." I whispered as they all stared at me. One of them, Louis, stood up and walked toward me and said "Your the girl I saw in the woods." My eyes wide, I nodded at him, and he said in a smooth, calm voice "It's nice to see you again."

I gave him a small smile and he said "Im Louis, what's your name?" I looked over at Harry for his approval, and he nodded at me and I said to Louis "Kinli Isabella."

He smiled and said "Kinli Isabella. That's a pretty name. What's the rest of your name?" I hesitated, and shook my head no. "Why not?" He asked as all my brothers came to the couches, their friends hesitantly following.

"It's ok Kin, you can tell him." Zac told me, and I whispered "Kinli Isabella Brooke." He nodded in understanding as everyone sat down on the couches, and I grabbed onto Zacs hand which were wrapped around me.

"So are you these lads sister?" He asked, and I nodded yes. "Then why are you such a secret?" He asked, and Taylor said "Kinli, you don't have to say anything."

I hesitated and said "Because I'm crazy." Zac unwrapped his arms around me a turned me around to look at him, and he said "You aren't crazy Kin, ok?" I shrugged as Zac repositioned his arms around me and Louis pushed on, asking "Why would you be crazy?" I said quietly "I'm schizophrenic. I'm bipolar. I have anxiety."

Everyone looked stunned with the situation as a whole, when I looked down and saw I was still wearing my leotard.

"I forgot, I have gymnastics. Can we watch Psych when I get back?" I told Zac, and he nodded yes and said "Sure babe, you want me to drive you?" I shook no and said "I'm just gonna run." And with that I stood up and left.

ZACS POV

Right as Kinli left, Liam asked "What the actual hell?!" I glanced over at Harry, and he said "Look, we would have told all of you, but she really isn't good with people. She doesn't even go to school, she is basically always here or at gymnastics. She probably could have handled meeting one of you, but we couldn't pick one, so it was easier this way. I really am sorry."

Everyone seemed to pretty quickly accept the apology, and Joe said "So what exactly is wrong with her?" Channing glared at him and said "There isn't anything wrong with her, she just has some setbacks. She's schizophrenic, bipolar, she has anxiety, on and off depression." And Nick said "So what does that mean?"

"Well, anxiety is pretty straightforward. She's anxious when it comes to meeting new people, going new places, interacting with too many people at once. That kind of thing. The depression isn't a factor right now, but it's gotten really bad. The bipolar is usually what controls everything - when she's in a bad mood, it's bad. When she's in a good mood, she's pretty normal. And then there's schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder. There are different symptoms for different people, but for her it's paranoia and hearing voices. She always hears these voices that tell her things, and some of them are nice and some of them are mean. When she was in a really bad depression last year they would tell her to kill herself and...lets just say it was bad. She's also asthmatic, but that has nothing to do with her mental state."

Everyone looked shocked and Demi said "I am so sorry." It had been about an hour since Kinli left, and everyone was still asking questions about Kinli, like 'Where was she here' 'Has she ever been near me' 'Has she been to a concert' 'Has she been to a taping' that kind of thing. Around 1:00, the back door opened and in walked Kinli.

"Hey Kin, how was practice?" I asked, and she looked at everyone in the kitchen and bolted upstairs. I mean BOLTED. I apologized and said "Sorry, she really isn't great around new people. I'm gonna go make sure she's ok." And up the stairs I went. 

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does this even qualify as a cliffhanger? idk. so, how is it?

-isabelle